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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is normal BMI?






2. What function is vitamin D?






3. What does DASH stand for?






4. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






5. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






6. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






7. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






8. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






9. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






10. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






11. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






12. What are healthy sources of fats?






13. What type of people need extra protein?






14. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






15. What is normal albumin levels?






16. When does BMR decrease?






17. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






18. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






19. When does BMR increase?






20. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






21. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






22. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






23. Name six sources of grains






24. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






25. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






26. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






27. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






28. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






29. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






30. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






31. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






32. What is the function of vitamin C?






33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






34. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






35. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






36. How many calories/gram is protein?






37. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






38. What foods have high quality protein?






39. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






40. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






41. What function is vitamin A?






42. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






43. Where can you get more vitamin D?






44. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






45. What is the function of vitamin E?






46. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






47. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






48. The higher the BMR a client has --






49. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






50. How much milk is to be consumed per day?